Mark Lawson has an Avenger on his side

Friday 7 March 2014 15:33 BST

Mark Lawson stepped down from BBC Radio 4’s Front Row this week while an investigation takes place into allegations of bullying at the programme. Many people, however, have been expressing support for the presenter.

The latest was Diana Rigg who raised the subject herself with The Londoner. “It seems so strange,” she told me at last night’s launch of coffee-table Hollywood book I Used to Be in Pictures, by twins Austin and Howard Mutti-Mewse at Mayfair’s The Lansdowne Club. “He’s done so much for the arts,” added the former Avenger.